Thursday, March 5, 2015

Mime's the Word

Name a city whose name ends in a long-A sound in which that sound is not
spelled with an "A." Change the sound to a long-O and phonetically
you'll name a famous person whose name does not contain the letter "O."
What city and famous person are these?

I suppose the "trick" is that it's not an American city for once. The intended answer is MARSEILLES and [Marcel] MARCEAU. Everybody who got those answers do a "mime trapped in a glass box" routine! (Or take a drink. Whichever.)

Our tie-break rule: In
the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such
as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND
two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after
that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had
not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a
prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on
the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in
technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose"). As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).